Wiggins Lakes

Our condo in Naples, Florida overlooked Wiggins Lake, one of five similar lakes created
when this development was built in the late 1980s.  While in North Carolina we might call
it a pond because of its small size, only about 200 yards long and 75 yards across, to us
sitting in our lanai only 15 yards from the lake, it was magical.

Our lanai had screens and sliding glass doors so we were comfortable during hot weather
and cool evenings in January.  We sat in comfortable chairs reading, snacking and
watching and listening to the big fountain in the middle of the lake and enjoying the
antics of the ever-present wildlife.  

During the two months we were there, we watched two full moons rise over the lake.  
We watched the oak trees around the lake drop last year’s leaves and show off their bright
green new leaves.  We watched the palm trees send up straight slender stalks and then
days later bend over to meet the other branches as the fronds weighted the stalk down.  
We watched the hibiscus bloom continuously for the entire time. We were amazed when a
northeast breeze would create small waves that acted like tiny lenses to reflect tiny points
of light from the morning sun.

The best part was our sitting together pointing out happenings on the lake to each other and
talking about our lives and feelings.

We feel blessed to have spent time at Wiggins Lakes.

Seasoned man

stevelem117@gmail.com

SWF Eagles

Last year I discovered a 24/7 on-line camera of an eagles nest in Fort Myers, Florida.  While I was in the hospital and later back in North Carolina, I enjoyed watching them develop and finally fledge and leave the nest.

This year I checked in on the eagles while mom and dad were sitting on two eggs.  I watched them hatch and have enjoyed seeing them grow, developing feathers, exercising their wings, learning to walk, trying, without much success so far, to feed themselves from fish and animals brought to the nest by the adults.  I expect them soon to learn to feed themselves, hop up on limbs on the nest tree and finally take their first flight.  A few weeks after that they will leave the nest and not be seen again.

I'll check in on them every day until they are gone

If you would like to see them, the website is:

https://www.dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html

Enjoy.

Seasoned Man
stevelem117@gmail.com

Eighty is Different

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Years ago, I read a blog by Judy Krugel describing what it's like for a woman moving through her 70s (now, her 80s).  Her blog was my model when I decided to start mine.  The address for her blog is: 70-something.com.  I still enjoy it every week. She recently wrote a blog about how being 80 is different.  See below.  Being 80 myself and soon to be 81, I can't disagree with anything she writes. Eighty is Different Posted: 13 Jan 2019 03:51 AM PST What is it about being eighty?  Now that I have been eighty for almost a year, I feel qualified to comment on a few of the changes this decade brings. 1. Like every previous decade, I’ll be ten years older when it’s over.  But when this one ends, I will be “old-old”.  That’s a bit daunting. 2.  Among our married friends, one of almost every couple has a serious health problem.  Life seems more fragile these days. 3.  My body suddenly bruises at the slightest bump.  I’m discovering new black and blue marks almost every day.  And I never seem to know what caused them Peter reminds me that our bodies come with a life-time guarantee.  Unfortunately, the parts don’t.